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diff --git a/doc/source/reference/global_state.rst b/doc/source/reference/global_state.rst index 7bf9310e8..b59467210 100644 --- a/doc/source/reference/global_state.rst +++ b/doc/source/reference/global_state.rst @@ -83,3 +83,18 @@ in C which iterates through arrays that may or may not be contiguous in memory. Most users will have no reason to change these; for details see the :ref:`memory layout <memory-layout>` documentation. + +Using the new casting implementation +------------------------------------ + +Within NumPy 1.20 it is possible to enable the new experimental casting +implementation for testing purposes. To do this set:: + + NPY_USE_NEW_CASTINGIMPL=1 + +Setting the flag is only useful to aid with NumPy developement to ensure the +new version is bug free and should be avoided for production code. +It is a helpful test for projects that either create custom datatypes or +use for example complicated structured dtypes. The flag is expected to be +removed in 1.21 with the new version being always in use. + |